Hand weaving frame



March 2, 1943. 1.. L. CLEMENTS 2,312,388

HAND WEAVING FRAME Filed Feb. 19, 1941 do J INVENTOR. v ee maids,

Patented Mar. 2, 1943 HAND WEAVING FRAME Lee L. Clements, Evanston, 111., assignor of twothirds to Margaret M. Fisher, Evanston, 111.

Application February 19, 1941, Serial No. 379,570

3 Claims. (CL 13934) The invention relates to a weaving frame and particularly a frame which is adapted to various uses, which is adjustable to various sizes, and which is of simple design and construction resulting in conomical production.

The invention embraces a weaving frame which is capable of use even by a novice in the weaving art and which will result in greatly increasing the speed of the user.

An object of the invention is to provide a means for making woven garments or articles of various shapes by changing the shape or configuration of the frame and to provide a frame the shape or configuration of which may be considerably varied.

The invention also comprehends the use of a new method of hand weaving in which the user weaves the thread on one side of the frame and crochets the cloth on the other side so that there is no right or wrong side or surface of the finished article and either surface may be worn outside as the wearer chooses.

The invention is intended primarily for use with a crochet or knitting needle but may be used in conjunction with other knitting or weaving tools as desired.

Further objects are to provide a construction of maximumsimplicity, efliciency, economy and ease of assembly and operation and such further objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and are inherently possessed thereby.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the front of the frame.

Fig. 2 is an end view.

Fig. 3 is a side view.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a lower comer of the front of the frame.

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4 of the rear of the frame.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing there is disclosed a four sided frame preferably of wood and adapted for making the gore of a skirt or other part of a garment or woven article, and consisting of two end pieces 2 and 3 and two side pieces 4 and 5 adjustably secured together by means of bolts 6 and wing nuts 1. Each piece is provided with a plurality of openings 8 through any of which the bolts may be inserted to form a frame of the desired shape (rectangular or otherwise as desired) or size and washers 9 may be used with each bolt and nut as desired.

The side pieces 4 and 5 may be of any shape desired in cross section and are provided with a plurality of inwardly projecting, elongated eyes I0, extending through suitable openings in the side pieces 4 and 5 for retaining wires or rods 'II and 12 which extend therethrough and through openings in the end pieces 2 and 3. The wires are secured in place by forming bends I3 and I4 therein at their lower ends (as viewed in Fig. 1) which cause th ends to press against the inner sides of the side pieces 4 and 5.

The end pieces 2 and 3 are also of any desired shape in cross section and from the inner sides of which project a plurality of hooks l5 and IS. The ends of the end pieces may be reduced in thickness as shown in Fig. 4, whereby the thickness of the frame is reduced.

In weaving the gore or other portion of a skirt or other article a thread I1 is secured to the last hook I'B on the lower end piece 3 and passed alternately around opposite hooks l5 and IS in the end pieces 2 and 3 to form the warp of the material. End piece 2 is preferably of les length than the end piece 3 so that the thread I! will be secured to all the hooks [5 on piece 2 and out to about half the hooks IE on piece 3. Th user will then return to the first hook I5 on piece 2 and continue on till the thread is secured to all the hooks on piece 3. This results in the warp of the material being substantially double at the top. This is part of the waist of the skirt which it is desired to have of smaller dimensions or circumference and more formfitting. This construction brings about both desired results. The thread I! is then cut and attached to a hook l5 or Hi.

The woof is then woven into the warp, preferably with the aid of a crochet needle with the frame held in front of the user. The woof thread I8 is secured to one or the other of wires II and I2 just above the row of hooks 16 on end piece 3. The first section of the woof thread is then formed into a small loop above the frame, the remainder of the thread being held below the frame. The crochet needle is passed through the loop and between the first and second warp threads where it engages the woof thread and pulls the next section through in the form of a loop. The crochet needle is then inserted between the next two warp threads and the process repeated until the frame has been crossed by the woof thread, thus leaving a row of loops on one side of the frame while on the other side the woof thread merely passes under or is woven with the warp thread. The user then starts back toward the other side and continues until the top of the frame is reached.

To remove the finished gore or other portion the wires l3 and M are withdrawn and the top and bottom removed from the hooks l5 and 16. After sufiicient gore or other pieces are made, they are then knitted, sewn or otherwise attached together to form the skirt or other article.

It is obvious that if it is desired to make other garments such as sweaters, gloves, scarves, or the like, it will be necessary only to change the shape and size of the frame and that such garmerit may also be made by the novel method of weaving, comprising weaving one side of the goods and crocheting the other.

It is also obvious that by inserting the bolts 6 through other openings 8 in the frame garments or pieces thereof of other sizes and shapes may be made on one frame. a

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A weaving frame comprising side pieces.

under distortion by the adjacent eye member to releasably hold the wire against longitudinal displacement.

2. A weaving frame comprising side and end pieces having a plurality of openings therein, members insertable in said openings to adjustably connect the pieces together whereby to provide a working area of the desired size and shape, hooks on the end pieces for receiving the warp threads, a plurality of eye members spaced longitudinally along each of the side pieces, wires adapted to be removably inserted through said eyemembers, said wires each having a bent portion adjacent an eye member, the bent portionbeing held under; distortion by said adjacent eye member to releasably hold the wires against longitudinal displacement.

3. A weaving frame comprising side pieces and end pieces, means for adjustably connecting said pieces together whereby, to provide working areas of different sizes and shapes, hooks on the end pieces to which, the warp threads, are attached, removable wires on the side pieces to which the woof threads are attached, each of the side pieces having a plurality, of eye members longitudinally spaced there-. along for slidably receiving the wires, and means for frictionally holding said wires in said eye members from longitudinal movement therein.

LEE L. CLEMENTS; 

